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About this place
Hwamyeong Parish belongs to the Yangsan District of the Diocese of Busan and has Our Lady of Fatima as its patron. It is the local parish where Catholics in the Hwamyeong area of northern Busan celebrate Mass and the sacraments, receive formation in the faith, and sustain their communal life. As a formally established parish, it functions as a local pastoral unit linked to the diocese. Its patron, Our Lady of Fatima, connects the community with a Marian spirituality emphasizing conversion, prayer, and trust in God.
The purpose of the parish is not merely to maintain a church building, but to help local Catholics live their faith together after Baptism through liturgy, the sacraments, formation, and fellowship. Hwamyeong Parish serves this role within a residential district of northern Busan and also offers visiting Catholics a place to encounter the ordinary life of the local Church. The details of its establishment and later development are treated separately in the historical section.
History & origins
The Catholic Church directory in Korea records February 1, 1992, as the date on which Hwamyeong Parish was established. In the currently available official Church sources, the precise details of the community’s earlier separation from another parish or the first construction of its church are not documented as clearly as this formal establishment date. February 1, 1992 therefore provides the firm reference point for the beginning of Hwamyeong as an independent parish.
The parish continued to develop as a local community of Catholic worship and faith. A Diocese of Busan report from 2022 records Hwamyeong Parish celebrating its parish day on May 15 in connection with its 30th anniversary. A bazaar and an auction of donated goods formed part of the celebration, offering a concrete record of the participation and fellowship that had developed in the community over three decades.
The clearest verifiable line in Hwamyeong Parish’s history is therefore the continuity from its formal establishment in 1992 to the celebration of its 30th anniversary in 2022. Because reliable public sources do not provide sufficient detail about the period immediately before the parish was founded or the earliest changes to its church buildings, those details have not been reconstructed by inference. Within the evidence available, Hwamyeong can be described as a parish founded in the early 1990s that has continued as a stable local Catholic community.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 1
- 3 above-ground floors · 1 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 1991
- Total floor area: 3,182㎡
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Official website: https://www.catholicbusan.or.kr
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